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Nov 15 2010

Khayelitsha Climbers to Ascend Kilimanjaro

Category: sponsorship,Sport,Youth — mark @ 7:03 pm

Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, invited two mountain climbers from Khayelitsha, Loyiso Koyana and Luwanda Mxosana, to meet him 11 November 2010 on top of Table Mountain minutes before he and Jenny Hartnick, Chairperson of the Western Cape Provincial Standing Committee on Education, Cultural Affairs and Sport, sent an SMS to vote for Table Mountain in the New7Wonders campaign.

The Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport is prepared to assist with the facilitation of any form of sponsorship to make the dream of these aspiring mountaineers come true. This will, in turn, translate into creating opportunities for those who would not otherwise have had similar dreams and opportunities.

Full story..

Mabandla Kelengeshe

The Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport

mkelenge@pgwc.gov.za

Cell: 082 677 6370

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Oct 30 2010

Khayelitsha shebeen shuts doors for learners to study

Category: education,Entrepreneurs,News,Youth — mark @ 7:29 pm

A group of Khayelitsha pupils needed a peaceful place to work. The place they chose was a rather unconventional one - Mpumie’s Place, a local shebeen.

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Oct 29 2010

Clowning around boosts HIV-positive children

Category: Dance,Music,Organisations,Theatre,Youth — mark @ 9:06 pm

KHAYELITSHA, 29 October 2010 (PlusNews) – Shrieks of laughter echo through the community centre in the Cape Town township of Khayelitsha as 20 children aged between four and 15 play a game of tag.

They are part of the Cirque du Monde Ibhongolwethu Project run by Cape Town’s Zip Zap Circus School with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Zip Zap Circus School

info@zip-zap.co.za

Work: +27 21 421 8622

Founders Garden Jan Smuts Street

Cape Town, South Africa 8001

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Oct 06 2010

Khayelitsha Boy Saves Friend from Fire

Category: News,Youth — mark @ 8:15 am

Local hero Lubalalo Msutwana, from Khayelitsha, was presented with a gift as reward for his bravery while recovering at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital on Wednesday September 30.

The twelve (12) year-old rescued his friend from a house fire..

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Jan 13 2010

Dance for All

Category: Dance,Music,Theatre,Youth — mark @ 10:56 am

Dance for All (DFA) is a non-profit organisation that has been teaching dance to historically disadvantaged children and youth in Cape Town, South Africa since 1991.

http://www.danceforall.co.za

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Feb 12 2009